Daily Archives: June 1, 2010

No total? Nope — AMRAP

I walked into Crossfit this morning expecting us to do our benchmark for the month — Crossfit Total.

It was not to be.  Next week we’ll do it.  Today an AMRAP awaited us and a skill session with one of the exercises in it.

AMRAP 12 minutes
15 Squats
9 Toes-to-bar
6 Sumo deadlift high pulls (M 135# / W 95#)

We were apparently supposed to work on kettlebell snatches as part of the skill session, but Zach decided he’d rather have us work on SDLHP.  He said he’s seen some really bad form and wanted us to get it right.

After working with the PVC pipe, we loaded up some bars for the following:

SDLHP
3-3-3-3-3

While I would have loved to go heavy, I went pretty conservative on the weight.

35-35-55-65-65

I was all set to do 65# for the WOD, but in the middle of my first round, I realized it was too heavy to maintain for 6 reps through that many rounds.  I dropped back to 55#.

As much as I dislike knee raises (my substitution for toes-to-bar), I’m really glad we did them, because they’re a great ab workout for me.  I don’t have many options right now, so knee raises will do.

I felt strong throughout the WOD and finished 8 rounds + 10 squats.

Here’s a couple of home WODs we did over the holiday weekend:

Sunday:

“Rosalie”
3 rounds
200m Farmer’s walk (20# dumbbells)
15 Thrusters (20# DBs)
15 ring rows

This one looked easy, but it was DECEPTIVE.  Time: 19:56

Monday: (Andy’s workout from Saturday, sorta)

3 rounds
10 deadlifts (65# barbell — LOVE it)
30 squats
100 rope swings

Time: 8:50

Pure joy

It’s not often I see a look of pure joy on an adult’s face.  On my 3-year-old’s face when I tell him we’re going to Amy’s Ice Cream?  Or a child on a swing?  Hell yeah.  But an adult — that’s more rare.

Happiness is common.  Pure joy — that is not.  I’ve seen it three times in the past eight years on Andy’s face:  when we got married, when he held Luke for the first time, and Saturday… when he bought him his new Olympic bars and plates.

Yes, we are now the proud owners of 2 45# Olympic barbells and a set of weight plates.  We’ve hesitated because of finances, but recently, Andy’s been going through some elbow pain — much like I went through last year — and suddenly he decided that he needed to tell his body to make his bones and connective tissues stronger.  His solution?  A barbell.

It’s pretty cool, and he came up with a workout to do Saturday night.  Unfortunately, I did not participate. I rested for the second day in a row because of very sore thigh and glut muscles.

That same glute on the left side is really bothering me.  I’ve had to roll it out with my trigger point ball several times.  Sitting on it much of the day Friday, both at the park and the pool, did NOT help.  Walking does help, but it takes some hobbling for a ways to work out the pain.

I’m hoping it feels better soon.  Guess I over-did it on Thursday.